41 fishermen nabbed

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DG20150522_9

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Forty-one crew of a fishing boat from Misamis Oriental were arrested for illegal fishing early morning yesterday. The 40.07-ton fishing boat named “FB Joshua Marie 88” owned by a certain Lito Duhaylungsod was apprehended by the personnel of Task Force Lawod about 12:45 a.m. last Thursday off the coast of Brgy. Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Municipal Fisheries Ordinance and Republic Act 8550 prohibit the big fishing vessels from encroaching the municipal waters within the 10-kilometer radius.